Chapter 928 I have no choice

"What? Lao Hu and the others went to build porridge shacks outside the city again to help refugees?" In Qingyuan County, Zhao Jingcheng looked at his servants in surprise and said.

Zhao Jingcheng, the head of the Zhao family. The Zhao family is a large family in Qingyuan County. Last time Wu Fan invited all the heads of large families in Qingyuan County to a banquet. Zhao Jingcheng also went and participated in the subsequent relief work in the city. movements of foreign refugees.

However, as the news came out that Ji Pei was about to serve as the third prince's staff, Zhao Jingcheng, like many people, immediately stopped providing disaster relief and instead went to visit Ji Pei to show his goodwill to the Ji family. Now everyone with dignity in Qingyuan County knows that , the relationship between the Ji family and Wu Fan was on fire and water. If they wanted to show goodwill to the Ji family, they could only put aside their relationship with Wu Fan and stop responding to Wu Fan's call for disaster relief.

Such a decision is not difficult to make. After all, although Wu Fan is a viscount, he is far behind the third prince. Moreover, these wealthy businessmen in the city all know that official grain has been stolen in the city, so they really want to continue to provide disaster relief. Wu Fan couldn't provide much help at all, and they had to give them food. They were already unwilling to do so. Now that they had another choice, they naturally turned to Ji Mansion.

However, Zhao Jingcheng did not expect that his friend Hu Jinsong would actually run out to provide disaster relief again. There were so many refugees outside the city, and most wealthy businessmen had stopped providing disaster relief. Hu Jinsong would not be able to get enough food even if he went there at this time.

"Yes, sir." The servant replied: "According to the villain's observation, a total of five families went to the outside of the city to provide relief. Now the refugees outside the city are lining up waiting for relief."

"Old Hu is confused. Although his family is not bad, but there are so many refugees outside the city, how many can he save? Even if he empties his family's wealth, he may not be able to hold on for long. How could he be so stupid?" Zhao Jingcheng said.

"No, I have to stop him. I can't let him be such a loser." Zhao Jingcheng said as he walked out. "Prepare the sedan."

"Yes, sir."

When Zhao Jingcheng arrived outside the city, he saw that the refugee camp that had been lifeless in the past few days had regained its vitality. The refugees were lining up with eager faces, looking at the fragrant porridge shed in front of them.

Seeing that the refugees had regained their vitality, Zhao Jingcheng was not happy at all. These people were not relatives of him, and he did not care about their life and death at all. If Wu Fan had not asked him to do so, he would not have participated in the relief work. He only cares about his friends now.

Zhao Jingcheng met his friend Hu Jinsong next to the porridge shop.

"Lao Hu, what's the matter with you? Why are you here giving porridge again?" Zhao Jingcheng ran over and asked.

Hu Jinsong was watching his servants make porridge at this time. Now that he had made a decision, he wanted to get things done and did not allow his servants to make any negligence in the process. Otherwise, not only would he not end up well, This will also make Wu Fan unhappy, so his efforts will be in vain.

"If you don't give me porridge, do I have any other choice?" Hu Jinsong looked at his old friend and asked.

"This..." Zhao Jingcheng hesitated for a moment, and then he remembered that his good friend didn't have a good relationship with the Ji family. To be precise, he had a bad relationship with Ji Hao. A woman had a conflict, which was not a big deal. However, Ji Hao was young and energetic and couldn't swallow it. He held on to the matter and even asked someone to beat Hu Jinsong afterwards. Hu Jinsong was beaten. The beating was severe, but when he resisted, Ji Hao was also beaten.

After this incident, the feud between the two was completely settled. In the past, while other wealthy businessmen would often visit Ji Mansion, Hu Jinsong never went there again.

"Old Hu, why don't you bring some gifts to Ji's house, lower your posture, and apologize properly? Ji Pei is a good man who has read books about sages for many years. He shouldn't care about this like his grandson. " Zhao Jingcheng suggested: "If a man can bend and bend, it doesn't matter if he suffers a little injustice. The most important thing is to be able to save his own life and his family's life. "

"I understand this. Do you think I haven't been there? When I got there, I was kicked out by the servants of Ji Mansion without even being allowed in." Hu Jinsong said with an ugly face. He is so good that he is also in this city. A big man, in the end, even the small servants of Ji Mansion didn't take him seriously, which made him very angry. While being angry, Hu Jinsong also understood that the road to Ji Mansion was completely blocked. , if he hadn't received an explanation from an important figure in the Ji family, Hu Jinsong believed that the servants of the Ji family would never dare to treat him like that.

"Ah, there is this thing?" Zhao Jingcheng was obviously hearing about this for the first time, and his face was very surprised: "How about you go again and I go with you?"

"No." Hu Jinsong looked at the refugees queuing up and said, "Even if I go again, the result will be the same. Besides, I have decided to join Mr. Wu now. If he knows that I am half-hearted, he will definitely not I'm glad, when the two sides are in trouble, our Hu family will really be finished."

"What's the use of taking refuge in Wu Fan? How can he, a little viscount, compare with the third prince?" Zhao Jingcheng said anxiously: "Besides, the official food in the city has been reduced by more than half, and the existing food reserves cannot save so many refugees. You No matter how much wealth your family has, it may not be useful even if you put it all in. He is just deceiving you and asking you to give out food for free. He says he can find food, but where is it? Don't believe him!"

Hu Jinsong's expression changed, but then he regained his determination: "At this time, I can only believe him! He told us that food will be shipped."

"Hu Jinsong, when did you become so easy to fool? He said there is food, there is food? He is deceiving you fools, but you all believe it, haha." At this time, another person came over.

Cao Yu, also a wealthy businessman in Qingyuan County, came here differently from Zhao Jingcheng. Zhao Jingcheng came to persuade his friend, while Cao Yu came to see the joke.

Cao Yu and Hu Jinsong have a bad relationship, but he is very close to Ji Fu. This time, Ji Fu started a rebellion again, and he is the happiest. Once Ji Fu started a rebellion, he will be able to multiply his family's industry several times with his relationship with Ji Fu, and become the second only to Ji Fu in Qingyuan County.

"Cao Yu? Why are you here?" Hu Jinsong said with a gloomy face.

Although Cao Yu is older than Ji Hao, he is Ji Hao's lackey. The previous incident of Ji Hao and Hu Jinsong being jealous of each other was also caused by Cao Yu's constant instigation. Therefore, Hu Jinsong has never had any good feelings for Cao Yu, and the relationship between the two has always been bad.